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Gasswater RowsGASSWATER ROWS
from Ayrshire Miners’ Rows 1913
These rows are situated on the main road between Cumnock and Muirkirk, 4 miles from Cumnock. There are 4 rows, 2 are built of stone and 2 of brick, and all are slated.
Row No. 1
The first row (nearest Muirkirk) consists of eight houses, but six of them are unoccupied, and one tenant has rented 2 houses and pays 6s 6d per month. There are 8 inmates. There are no closets, no washhouses, and no coalhouses. The only water supply is from a pipe running into a horse trough on the side of the road about 300 yards from the houses.
Row No. 2
The houses in No.2 row are built of stone, and are all single apartment houses, but in some cases a family has rented 2 houses. The house measures 15 feet by 12 feet. There are neither coalhouses nor washhouses. There are 2 closets without doors and ashpits without roofs. There are 10 houses, but 3 of them were empty at the date of this inspection (13th November. 1913). The population was 26. The only water supply is at a pump about 200 or 300 yards away. The rent is 2s a week. Pathways in front of houses are unpaved and very muddy.
Row No. 3
This row is built of brick. There are 10 single apartment houses. There are no washhouses or coalhouses. The people keep their coals below their beds. The apartment measures 17 feet by 14 feet. The rent is 2s 2d a week. There are 2 closets and ashpits. The closets have no doors and the ashpits have no roofs. The population was 33.
Row No. 4
This is also built of brick, and in the same position with regards to conveniences as Row No. 3. There are no washhouses, no coalhouses, and there is one closet without doors for the 12 houses in this row, and one ashpit without a roof. There were 2 empty houses, and the population of this row was 30. The water supply is from the pump which supplies the other rows. The whole adult population of these 4 rows are without any closet accommodation, as owing to the want of privacy (no doors) they cannot use the accommodation provided. The surroundings of the closets are littered with human excrement. The houses are owned by William Baird & Co., and are inhabited by the workers of the pits belonging to that firm in the neighbourhood.
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